Display or cause or permit the display of any obscene
materials in or on any window, showcase, newsstand, display rack, billboard,
display board, viewing screen, motion-picture-screen marquee or similar place
in such manner that the display is visible from any public street, highway,
sidewalk, transportation facility or other public thoroughfare.

Sell, lend, distribute, exhibit, give away or show any
obscene materials to any person seventeen (17) years of age or younger or
offer to sell, lend, distribute, exhibit or give away or show or have in his
possession with intent to sell, lend, distribute, exhibit or give away or
show any obscene materials to any person seventeen (17) years of age or younger
or knowingly advertise any obscene materials in any manner.

Write, print, publish, utter or cause to be written,
printed, published or uttered any advertisement or notice of any kind giving
information, directly or indirectly, stating or purporting to state where,
how, from whom or by what means any obscene materials can be purchased, obtained
or had.

As used in § 324-1, "knowing" means having general knowledge of, or reason to know or a belief or grounds for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry of, the character and content of any material described therein which is reasonably susceptible to examination by the defendant.

Any literature, including any book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper,
story paper, comic book or writing, and any figure, visual representation
or image,including any drawing, photograph, picture or motion picture, if:

Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual
acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, and patently offensive representations
or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions and lewd exhibitions
of the genitals.

Any conveyance, premises or place used for or in connection with
public passenger transportation, whether by air, rail, motor vehicle or any
other method, including aircraft, watercraft, railroad cars, buses and air,
boat, railroad and bus terminals and stations.

Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion-picture
film or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the
human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse and
which is harmful to minors; or

Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in § 324-3A(1) or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.

Admitting minor to show. It shall be unlawful for any
person knowingly to exhibit for monetary consideration to a minor or knowingly
to sell to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor
for a monetary consideration to premises whereon there is exhibited a motion-picture
show or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual
conduct or sadomasochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors, except that
the foregoing shall not apply to any minor accompanied by his parent.

The showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks
with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast
with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top
of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly
turgid state.

The age of the minor; provided, however, that an honest mistake shall
constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the defendant made a reasonable
bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor.

No person shall knowingly require any distributor or retail seller as
a condition to sale or delivery for resale or consignment of any literature,
book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, paper, comic book, writing,
drawing, photograph, figure or image or any written or printed matter or any
article or instrument to purchase or take by consignment for purposes of sale,
resale or distribution any obscene literature, book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper,
story paper, paper, comic book, writing, drawing, photograph, figure or image
or any written or printed matter of an obscene nature or any article or instrument
of an obscene nature.

The Mayor may institute proceedings in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Lackawanna County when any person violates or clearly is about to
violate this chapter for the purpose of enjoining such violation.

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any recognized historical society
or museum accorded charitable status by the federal government, any county,
city, borough, township or town library, any public school, college or university
or any archive or library under the supervision and control of the commonwealth
or a political subdivision.